Carpet anchoring device



NOV. 20, 1962 D, J, NOONE 3,064,302

CARPET ANCHORING DEVICE Filed Oct. 16. 1959 25 4 f '2 ,www@Muwuwwwmwm l2 5' a4 24 Z5 F|G.5 Fl G .4. INVENTOR Daniel John Noone BY fffw/ ATTORNEY United tates arent @ddee iatented Nov. 20, 1962 This invention relates to a carpet anchoringy device.

Itis the principal object of the present invention to provide a carpet anchoring device that will securely fix the edge of the carpet to the door and up to the foot tread of a doorway.

It is another object of the invention to provide a carpet anchoring device in the nature of a spring clip formed as a plastic runner which when fixed upon the floor permits the edge of the carpet while being retained by a strip used in connection therewith to be easily inserted under the resilient top portion of the plastic runner and the carpet be retained by the pressing of the rear edge of the top of the resilient plastic overlying the forward edge of the tackless strip to provide line to line clamping engagement upon the carpet inserted therebetween.

It is still another object of the invention to provide a carpet anchoring device in which the resilient top portion of a plastic runner has a beveled face along the forward edge thereof to adequately accommodate the edge of the carpet thereunder and allow for a fiat top face leading rearwardly from the beveled forward edge face of the device so that it will assume a dat position over the rug surface and so that its edge thereof forces the carpet against the raised forward edge of the strip to eectively and positively clamp the carpet thereover.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a carpet anchoring device having a clip like plastic runner and a strip secured to the bottom thereof and through which tacks are driven to secure the strip and the runner to the oor surface in which the edge or" the strip against which the carpet is clamped serves as a guiding edge for applying a tool to lift the spring top portion of the plastic runner and to force the edge of the carpet over the edge of the strip and into the space under the spring top portion of the plastic runner.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a carpet anchoring device, having the above objects in mind, which is of simple construction, has a minimum number of parts, easy to x to the floor, incorporates the standard strip, of pleasing appearance, transparent to assume the rug color thereunder, light in weight, adapted for repeated use, of pleasing appearance, eicient and effective in use.

For a better understanding reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which FIGURE l is a fragmentary perspective view of the anchoring device with the carpet disposed thereunder and attached to a oor surface.

FIGURE 2 is a vertical sectional view of the carpet anchoring device illustrating the manner in which the spring top portion is lifted as a tool is drawn along the carpet to insert the edge of the carpet,

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the anchoring device with the carpet edge completely inserted and as viewed on line 3-3 of FIG. 1,

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view of an anchoring device constructed according to another form of the invention and one which is particularly adapted for use adjacent to the foot tread of a doorway with illustrations being made as to the manner in which the carpet edge is inserted thereinto,

FlG. 5 is a sectional View similar to FIG. 4 but with the carpet edge fully inserted within the anchoring device.

Referring now particularly to FIGS. l, 2 and 3, 10 represents a floor formed of planks 11 joined together in the usual manner and over which the ordinary padding indicated at 12 is placed for receiving a carpet 13 having the usual backing 14 and pile bers extending upwardly therefrom. This carpet has an unnished edge 13 which has to be held in place upon the floor 10. This is effected y with the present carpet anchoring device indicated generally at 15 and which comprises a plastic spring clip-like runner 16 and a strip 17. The plastic runner 16 has an extended base 16a of approximately .0030 of an inch in thickness engaging the floor surface and an overhang resilient spring top portion 16h integrally connected to the forward edge of the base portion 16a and biased by its resiliency toward the base portion 16a and providing an inclined bevel face 16C. A free edge 16d is extended over a forward edge 17 of the tackless strip 17 The strip 17 is made secure to the floor pieces 11 by long tacks 18 that extend through the base portion 16a which lies under the strip 17. inclined tacks 19 extend outwardly and are inclined forwardly from the surface of the strip and the carpet backing 14 is placed Well over the tacks to retain the carpet from sliding therefrom and while maintaining a carpet edge 13 that is to be forced under the spring top portion 16h of the plastic clip-like runner 16. A tool 7.0 is run along the carpet and the forward edge 17 of the strip and under the edge 16d to seat the carpet edge 13 under the top portion 16h to be held in place as shown in FlG. 3 with the edge 16d overlying the carpet causing the same to be forced against the forward edge 17 of the strip 17 in line to line pressure engagement therewith.

Referring now to FIGS. 4 and 5, there is shown an anchoring device particularly adapted for holding carpet 13 adjacent to a tread 22 in a doorway and upon iioor pieces 11 of a floor 10. This anchoring device according to this form of the invention operates on the same principle as with the first form and is illustrated generally at 23 and comprises a plastic spring clip-like runner 24 and a tackless strip 25. The plastic spring clip-like runner 24 has a base 24a and a turned up spring press portion 24b that has an edge 25h that overlies an'edge 25' of the tackless strip 25. Both this edge 25' as well as the edge 17 of the strip 17 above mentioned are undercut to provide a sharp edge over which the carpet is turned inwardly to place edge 13" of the carpet under the spring press portion 241; in the manner as shown in FIG. 4 with tool to tuck this edge 13" well into the space provided therebetween so that the springiness of the edge of the spring press portion 241; acting against the carpet will cause the carpet to be held and gripped against the edge 25 of the tackless strip 25. The anchoring device 23 is held in place by tacks 26 extended through the tackless strip 25 and the base portion 24a. The tackless strip has upwardly and forwardly inclined tacks 27 to hold the carpet. The carpet backing 14 of the carpet 13 is in engagement with the tacks 27 and the edge 13 of the carpet is tucked into the space between the forward edge 25 of the tackless strip and the portion 24h of the plastic spring cliplke runner 24. The top and press portions of the spring clip runners 16 and 24 are sufficiently strong to forcibly hold the carpet edge by line to line engagement with the carpet. The top portions of the runners are preferably thicker than the bottom portions and made of durable and resilient plastic material.

It should be apparent that the spring clip-like runners when assembled with carpet provide a smooth and unobstructed edge upon the carpet which will not only hold the carpet in place but will assume the wear of the carpet at the edge thereof. It will also be apparent that this runner and the tackless strip may be used over again by simply withdrawing the tacks 18 `and 26 and reassembling the carpet into the anchoring device at the new location.

speagsoa While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is: l

1. A carpet anchoring device comprising a spring cliplike runner and a strip, said spring clip-like runner having a base portion and a spring top portion integrally connected to the forward edge of tne base portion and biasingly sprung toward the base portion, said strip running overY the base portion rearwardly of the spring top portion and having a forward edge running with and adjacent to the rear edge of the spring top portion of the spring cliplike runner and between which the carpet edge may be extended upon the spring top portion being upwardly sprung whereby the carpet edge will be held by the rear edge'of the spring top portion in line to line pressure engagement against the forward edge of the strip and tucked away therebetween.

2. A carpet anchoring device as defined in claim l and said top portion of the spring clip-like runner having upwardly and rearwardly inclined bevel face and a normally rearwardly and downwardly inclined face extending rearwardly therefrom and adapted to assume substantially a horizontal position upon the carpet being extended thereunder and its edge Corning to rest adjacent to and biased toward the. forward edge of the strip.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS )SMM f 

